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| EVENT: Australia’s permanent contest: China in the Pacific Islands | 28 Aug 2024 | 01:06:34 | |
From deals on policing in Solomon Islands to building parliamentary complexes in Vanuatu, China’s outreach and activities in the Pacific Islands region appear indefatigable. In the words of Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Canberra and its partners are locked in a "state of permanent contest" with Beijing over influence in the region. Previously undervalued by larger powers, Pacific Islanders must now grapple with the realities of a region subjected to intense geopolitical competition. Our panel analysed the rapidly evolving regional security environment and the implications for Australia and the wider Pacific Islands region. The panel was moderated by Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research at the Lowy Institute, with expert speakers including: See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Regulating Big Tech: Is global coordination possible? | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:26:52 | |
Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant leads the world’s first government regulatory agency committed to keeping its citizens safer online. While her appointment is domestic, the internet is global. In this episode of Conversations, the Lowy Institute’s Lydia Khalil talks with Inman Grant about what she learned from her previous experience working in the tech industry, how to regulate it, global efforts to coordinate online safety, particularly around AI, and the geopolitics of tech regulation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Conversations: Biden out, Kamala in – will it change anything? | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:24:40 | |
In this special episode of Conversations, the Lowy Institute’s Dr Michael Fullilove and Hervé Lemahieu discuss US President Joe Biden’s momentous decision overnight to withdraw from his bid for a second term. In the past three weeks, US politics has been reshaped before our eyes. A resurgent former president Donald Trump, emerging from an attempt on his life, appears stronger than ever. Meanwhile, after weeks of defying calls to withdraw from the race, Joe Biden abruptly abandoned his bid for a second term as US president. Will it be enough to turn things around for the Democratic Party, and where does the United States go from here? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| EVENT: Under Pressure - The present and future of international order | 13 Oct 2022 | 01:02:11 | |
The Chinese Communist Party will shortly hold its 20th National Congress during a highly unsettled period in international affairs. In February, after President Putin and President Xi declared a "friendship without limits", Russia launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine. In August, China responded to US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei with major military exercises. Meanwhile, President Biden has become increasingly vocal in his support for Taiwan. Just days ahead of the CCP Congress, the Lowy Institute hosted the head of one of the most influential think tanks in Washington. Richard Fontaine addressed the Lowy Institute on the present and future of international order. After his remarks, Mr Fontaine spoke with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about US security policy in Asia, China’s challenge to the United States and the rules-based order, as well as how the Ukraine war is being viewed in Washington. Richard Fontaine is Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security. He served as President of CNAS from 2012–19 and before that as Senior Fellow from 2009–12. Prior to his time at CNAS, he was foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain and worked at the US State Department, the National Security Council, and on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This event was hosted as part of the project Australia's Security and the Rules-Based Order, which receives funding from the Australian Department of Defence Strategic Policy Grants Program. See more about this event at the Lowy Institute website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| China Changing Lecture | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:59:32 | |
On the evening of February 25th, the Lowy Institute hosted a lecture by Clinton Dines reflecting on China’s transformation in the last three decades. Clinton discussed the nature of change in the People’s Republic of China in the Reform & Opening Era: then he assessed the significance of these changes in terms of China’s growing role in the world and for governments and companies seeking effective ways to deal with this geopolitical/economic phenomenon, which simultaneously represents both huge opportunities for global development and serious challenges to the existing status quo. Clinton Dines is one of Australia’s most knowledgeable and respected business leaders in China. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Evolution of the Indonesian party system | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:55:05 | |
The most significant and positive change in Southeast Asia in the last decade has been the democratisation of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country. Thirteen days ago, Indonesia held national parliamentary elections and it appears that the biggest winners are President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Democratic Party. At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 22 April, Dr Marcus Mietzner analysed the reasons for the Democratic Party's success and what this tells us about the evolution of Indonesia's political party system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The global war on drugs | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:57:38 | |
When Nixon launched the War on Drugs in 1971, it was intended primarily as a political strategy rather than as a public policy. While it has failed as a public policy, the War on Drugs has often succeeded as a political strategy. However, significant health, social or economic benefits are hard to identify. There have been no reductions in deaths, diseases, crime or corruption. Global drug production and consumption is increasing while retail price is decreasing and purity is increasing. At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 15 July, Dr Alex Wodak addressed these problems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The US presidential race | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:55:58 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 16 April, Dr Michael Fullilove read the tea leaves of the contest for the US presidency and discussed the implications for Australia. Dr Michael Fullilove, the Director of the Lowy Institute's Global Issues Program, writes widely on US politics and foreign policy. This year he is based in Washington, DC as a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| 2009 in review | 20 Apr 2012 | 01:04:23 | |
On 2 December, Deputy Director Martine Letts and members of our Lowy Institute research team wound up this year’s Wednesday Lunch at Lowy Club series with a review of 2009, and what it means for Australia. Director of Studies Andrew Shearer, Program Director for East Asia, Dr Malcolm Cook and blog editor Sam Roggeveen gave their perspectives on the year, what surprised them and what did not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Comprehending Copenhagen | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:58:44 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 25 November a new Lowy Institute Analysis, 'Comprehending Copenhagen: A Guide to the International Climate Change Negotiations', by Dr Greg Picker and Fergus Green, was launched. The authors outlined the issues on the Copenhagen agenda – from carbon markets to adaptation, from avoided deforestation to emissions reduction targets – and highlighted the areas of dispute between the parties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Australias bid for election to the UNSC | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:14 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 7 October 2009, Ambassador Colin Keating, who was New Zealand Ambassador on the Security Council in 1993/94, and now the Executive Director of Security Council Report, gave an insider’s view of what it takes to get elected and what being on the Council could entail for Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| China Stumbling through the Pacific | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:52:25 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 22 July a Lowy Institute Policy Brief by Fergus Hanson, 'China: Stumbling through the Pacific', was launched. The Policy brief examines the shortcomings of China's current approach to aid-giving in the Pacific region. Fergus Hanson is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute and has written several reports and articles on Chinese development assistance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Innocent Abroad | 20 Apr 2012 | 01:00:34 | |
On 27 May, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host, as part of its Wednesday Lowy Lunch series, Martin Indyk, who spoke on his new book 'Innocent Abroad: an Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East'. Ambassador Indyk has a distinguished career in United States foreign policy and the Middle East. He is a Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and the Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| When boring became sexy | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:58:31 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 4 November, the Honourable Kevin Lynch, the former Clerk of the Privy Council, Canada, addressed the significant role that public policy plays in responding to the global financial crisis, the most fundamental challenge to free-market orthodoxy since the 1970s, and what this might mean for the institutions of global economic governance such as the IMF, G8, and G20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| EVENT: An address by Dr S. Jaishankar, India’s Minister for External Affairs | 11 Oct 2022 | 00:58:36 | |
At a time of significant geopolitical uncertainty, India is taking an ever more prominent role in world affairs. From its membership of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, to the influential part that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played in talks with Russia's President at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, India is asserting its voice on major international issues. Dr S. Jaishankar is India's leading diplomat. Before entering parliament, he was Foreign Secretary, and previously served as Ambassador in Beijing and Washington, DC. Before that he held posts in Tokyo, Moscow, Singapore, Colombo and Budapest. Dr Jaishankar addressed the Lowy Institute on the growing importance of India's relationship with Australia and the interests that both countries share as members of the security-focused Quad. After his remarks, Dr Jaishankar spoke in conversation with Executive Director Michael Fullilove. Dr S. Jaishankar was appointed India's Minister for External Affairs in 2019 following his election to the upper house of India's parliament for the state of Gujarat. Dr Jaishankar served as Foreign Secretary (2015–2018) and previously represented India in a number of senior diplomatic roles including Ambassador to the United States (2013–2015) and Ambassador to China (2009–2013). Dr Jaishankar holds a PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi and in 2019 was awarded the Padma Shri civilian honour. His book, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, was published in 2020. For more information about this event, visit the Lowy Institute website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The future of Iraq | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:43:34 | |
On 13 March 2009, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host His Excellency Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq. Prime Minister al-Maliki spoke about the future of his country and its prospects for political stability and economic development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Climate change business responses and international prosepects | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:24 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 25 October, Professor Michael Grubb addressed the audience on 'Climate change: business responses and international prospects'. Professor Grubb outlined the reasons behind the resumed urgency of business engagement on climate change, and the prospects for international developments over the next few years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Australia and nuclear power | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:14 | |
On 21 March, at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Ziggy Switkowski spoke on the topic 'Australia and nuclear power: the road ahead'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The year ahead for the Asia Pacific 2009 | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:58:23 | |
On 4 February, at the first lunch for 2009 in our Wednesday Lunch at Lowy series, three Lowy Institute scholars, Dr Malcolm Cook, Jenny Hayward-Jones and Rory Medcalf, discussed prospects for the Asia Pacific region this year, under the very challenging circumstances of the global financial crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Dealing with Russia after Georgia | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:54:22 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 10 September, two prominent Australian Russia scholars, Professor Graeme Gill from Sydney University and Dr Robert Horvath from La Trobe University, examined the policy options for dealing with a newly assertive Russia. The Lowy Institute acknowledges the support of the Innovative Universities European Union Centre (IUEU) for facilitating Dr Horvath's participation in this Wednesday Lowy Lunch panel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Mugabe falling | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:08 | |
At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 28 February, Dr Geoffrey Hawker discussed the growing social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. As hyper-inflation continues and Mugabe's regime intensifies its repression of critics, signs of dissent within the ruling ZANU-PF party are emerging and general strikes are spreading. If external actors are powerless or unwilling to act, does an internal settlement seem possible? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Four crises in the Middle East | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:58:23 | |
On 20 September at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Anthony Cordesman spoke on the topic of "Four crises in the Middle East". Professor Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Chinas hottest export | 20 Apr 2012 | 01:02:44 | |
On 23 October at a special Monday edition of Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Victor Mallet, Asia Editor for The Financial Times, spoke on the topic of 'China's hottest export: environmental destruction'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Whats going on in Latin America | 20 Apr 2012 | 01:01:01 | |
On 6 September 2006 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Jose Blanco and Roger Frankel asked whether Latin America's move to the left, its resurgent populism, links with the Middle East and rapidly growing Chinese influence will affect Australian interests and investments in the region, and global security. Jose Blanco is the Chairman of the Australia-Latin America Business Council (ALABC). Roger Frankel is the Director of consulting company Frank Advice (international), and a former Australian Ambassador to Venezuela. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Bligh Street to Baghdad | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:55:33 | |
On 2 July 2008 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Lieutenant Colonel Mark O’Neill offered a contemporary personal perspective on the experience of moving from theoretical considerations of counterinsurgency to involvement with actual counterinsurgency practice. Mark’s presentation drew on his recent seven month experience as the Senior Adviser at the Multinational Force Iraq’s Counterinsurgency Center for Excellence, during which he worked in various parts of the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| EVENT: A special address by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 06 Oct 2022 | 00:39:50 | |
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become an international symbol of resistance as he leads his country’s response to Russia’s brutal invasion. From his defiant leadership on the streets of Kyiv in the early weeks of the attack to his eloquent advocacy on the global stage, President Zelenskyy has become an internationally admired figure at the heart of some of the most remarkable events in world affairs in recent decades. In this special address, President Zelenskyy spoke from Ukraine via live video link. After his address, he spoke in conversation with Executive Director Michael Fullilove. Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected President of Ukraine in 2019. He graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University in 2000 with a degree in law before co-founding and leading the television production company Kvartal 95, responsible for the comedy series Servant of the People, in which he played a teacher who was unexpectedly elected president. President Zelenskyy's heroic leadership in leading Ukraine’s defence against Russia's invasion has been recognised around the world, including in the form of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award and the 2022 Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library. More information about this event can be found at the Lowy Institute website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The challenges of nation-building | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:51:27 | |
On 18 June 2008 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Atul Khare, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General for Timor-Leste discussed the challenges of nation-building in the post-conflict environment of East Timor and the role of neighbouring countries in meeting those challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Human rights a moral compass | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:46:16 | |
The Lowy Institute was pleased to host, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Commonwealth Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, who in his presentation, 'Human rights: a moral compass', outlined the Government's approach to human rights and upcoming reforms aimed at strengthening Australia's leadership in this area. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Reforming the UN | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:54 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 8 August, Jim Ingram, head of the World Food Programme for ten years, argued in a presentation entitled 'Reforming the UN: an iconoclastic view from the inside' that the focus of UN reform should shift to the economic and social activity of the wider UN system where valuable work is done. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| China perverse rising superpower | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:59:10 | |
Westerners have presumed that China's rise will take a familiar trajectory incorporating first economic, then political and social development in a broadly liberal democratic, market-driven direction. The recent tensions with Australia underline the failure of that perspective to explain modern China and its rise. What is China today and where is it heading? At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 12 August, Asia-Pacific Editor of The Australian newspaper, Rowan Callick, explored the dimensions of the party-state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Global regulation and the digital economy | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:57:31 | |
On 2 April at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Jeffrey Eisenach, a leading regulatory economist and a global expert on content filtering technology, discussed the prospects for global regulation of the digital economy. Jeffrey A. Eisenach is Chairman of the Criterion Economics consulting firm in Washington DC and an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University Law School. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| International law after Guantanamo Bay | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:57:50 | |
In the wake of the Iraq war, both US Presidential candidates have said they will close Guantanamo Bay and take a different view from the current Administration on water boarding. Under the next US President, can we expect a revival of US and wider interest in international law when it comes to the prohibition on torture, the use of force, non-proliferation and climate change? Professor James Crawford discusses these issues as part of the Lowy Institute Distinguished Speaker Series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Zealous democrats | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:54:12 | |
At this week's Wednesday Lunch, the Lowy Institute for International Policy launched 'Zealous democrats: Islamism and democracy in Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey'. The authors of this new Lowy Institute Paper, Anthony Bubalo, Greg Fealy and Whit Mason, all spoke about their ideas expressed in the Paper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Chinas strategic culture | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:51:12 | |
China’s rise is transforming the Asia-Pacific strategic landscape, and understanding how 'China' thinks preoccupies governments across the region. At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 18 November, Thomas Mahnken explored features of China’s national strategic culture, including a sense of cultural superiority, a belief that China’s natural position is that of the 'Middle Kingdom' as well as the need for China to be unified internally and free from external meddling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| India and China | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:56:58 | |
As part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host Dr David Malone, who spoke on India's most important future bilateral relationship, that with China. David M. Malone is a distinguished Canadian diplomat and scholar. He is president of Canada’s International Development Research Centre, one of the world’s leading research institutions on development issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| A China US nuclear arms race | 20 Apr 2012 | 00:57:38 | |
On 23 May at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Visiting Fellow Hugh White spoke on the topic 'A nuclear arms race between China and the United States: what Australia can do to stop it'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| EVENT: Women and ASD in our 75th year: an address by Rachel Noble PSM | 05 Sep 2022 | 01:03:57 | |
On 2 September 2022, the Lowy Institute hosted a rare insight into the story of women in the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) from its Director-General, Rachel Noble. ASD is Australia’s foreign signals intelligence, cyber security, and offensive cyber operations agency. At this in-person event, the Director-General shared her experiences as a woman in a male dominated career and her thoughts on what leaders and managers can do to help to continue breaking down barriers for women. Following her speech, the Director-General spoke in conversation with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove and took questions from the audience. Rachel Noble PSM is the Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate. Prior to her appointment, she was the Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre in the Australian Signals Directorate. Rachel has held senior roles in the Department of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, and Department of Defence. Rachel was formerly National Security Chief Information Officer and Cyber Policy Coordinator in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, a role in which she received a Public Service Medal for her work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Transition vs exit | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:59:30 | |
As a part of its Lowy Lecture Series on 18 April 2012, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host His Excellency Nasir A. Andisha, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Australia. Ambassador Andisha discussed how a lack of clear communications, inconsistency and the sending of mixed messages are undermining NATO/ISAF'S strategy in Afghanistan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Dealing with war crimes | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:59:24 | |
On 20 May 2009 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Florian Westphal, the head of media at the International Committee of the Red Cross, in a presentation entitled 'Dealing with war crimes: what role for media and humanitarian organisations?' addressed the question of how the media and humanitarian organisations can responsibly draw the attention of policy-makers to the need to investigate, put a stop to and, importantly, prevent war crimes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Preparing for the second nuclear age | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:56:04 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 30 September, Deputy Director Martine Letts explored prospects for partnership between government and industry on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and how Australia could lead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The role of think tanks in Australia | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:59:28 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 28 May, to mark the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Lowy Institute, Executive Director Allan Gyngell discussed the role of think tanks in shaping Australian foreign policy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The global climate challenge | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:56:10 | |
On 29 August at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, the Hon. Greg Hunt, MP, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Minister, talked about the global climate challenge. In his presentation he described how Australia can achieve the twin objectives of energy security and emissions reduction to create a clean energy future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Australias UN Security Council bid | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:54:50 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 23 September Dr Michael Fullilove launched his new paper making the case for Australia’s UN Security Council bid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The end of the free market | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:55:57 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 29 October, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute's International Economy program, looked at the resumed battle for the Commanding Heights of the world economy, and asked whether the apparent victory for the free market secured in the 1980s and 1990s is now about to be overturned in favour of the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Yemen Fulcrum in an arc of crisis | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:59:24 | |
Yemen's growing internal crises and linkages to international terrorism have captured the attention of the international community. Yemen's position at the crossroads of international trade and in a region already bedevilled by piracy and instability are further reasons to be interested in that country's future trajectory. On 14 July the Wednesday Lowy Lunch Club heard Philip Eliason speak about Yemen's internal developments and its role as a fulcrum in a regional arc of crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| The options for Iraq | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:58:06 | |
On 5 November, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute for International Policy was proud to host Mr Ali Allawi, a former minister in interim and transitional Iraqi administrations and today a leading international commentator on Iraqi affairs. He is the author of the recently released and much-lauded book, The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace (Yale University Press, 2007). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Iran goes to the polls | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:55:37 | |
At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 3 June 2009, Anthony Bubalo, Director of the West Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, previewed Iran's presidential election on 12 June. He discussed what it will mean for Iran's foreign relations and in particular for the Obama Administration's efforts to engage Tehran. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| EVENT: Lowy Institute Paper Launch: Rise of the Extreme Right by Lydia Khalil | 31 Aug 2022 | 00:57:07 | |
In 2021, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said that right-wing extremism makes up 50 per cent of its priority caseload. Since that announcement, intelligence and law enforcement agencies have disrupted a number of plots related to right-wing extremists in Australia. But this is not only an issue in Australia. There has been a 250 per cent increase in right-wing terrorism globally. So, what exactly is right-wing extremism and how is its potential for violence growing? Why is it a global problem? How does it threaten democracy and what should we do about it? Rise of the Extreme Right answers these questions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Terrorism in Southeast Asia | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:53:32 | |
At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 16 September, Australia’s Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, William Paterson PSM, provided an overview of the terrorist threat in Southeast Asia against the background of terrorism trends worldwide. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||
| Into Africa | 19 Apr 2012 | 00:48:36 | |
On 13 August at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, the authors of a new Lowy Institute Paper on the importance to Australia of the resources boom in Sub-Saharan Africa, Roger Donnelly and Benjamin Ford, launched their Paper, entitled 'Into Africa'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | |||